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Magika hiera : ancient Greek magic and religion / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BF1591 .M35 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic, Greek.
- Greece--Religion.
- Greece.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 298 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Contents:
- The agonistic context of early Greek binding spells / Christopher A. Faraone
- "Cursed be he that moves my bones" / J.H.M. Strubbe
- Beyond cursing : the appeal to justice in judicial prayers / H.S. Versnel
- Incantations and pra
- salvation on inscribed Greek amulets / Roy Kotansky
- The pharmacology of sacred plants, herbs, and roots / John Scarborough
- Dreams and divination in magical ritual / Samson Eitrem
- Prayer in magical and religious ritual / Fritz +
- constraints of eros / John J. Winkler
- Magic and mystery in the Greek magical papyri / Hans Dieter Betz
- Nullum Crimen sine Lege : socioreligious sanctions on magic / C.R. Phillips III. +
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0195044509
- OCLC:
- 18835752
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